Ängelsberg – Kärrgruvan railway line

Ängelsberg – Kärrgruvan
Norberg train station
Route number :	Bandel 226
Route length:	18 km
Gauge :	Kärrgruvan – Trättsbo: 1853–1856: 891 mm (according to other sources 901 mm), total distance: 1856–1876: 1188 mm, then 1435 mm
Power system :	Ängelsberg – Snyten since December 5, 1956: 16 kV 16 1/3 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	22  ‰
Minimum radius :	600 m
Top speed:	Ängelsberg – Snyten: 40 km / h
Operating points and routes
Legend Krylbo – Norbergs Järnväg by Krylbo C Kärgruvan – Klackberg Järnväg from Klackberg 17.9 Karrgruvan Narrow gauge line until 1876 16.9 Spännarhyttan 16.3 Mince cheeks Narrow gauge line until 1876 Narrow gauge line until 1876 15.093 Mimer folds (Mimerlaven) Kärgruvan – Klackberg Järnväg from Klackberg 14.7 Norberg former train station Norbergsån 12.3 Rosendal (1940–1962) Trättsbo Narrow gauge line until 1876 10.9 Livsdal (1940–1962) 10.4 Mauritsbacke (1940–1962) 8.0 Högfors formerly a train station 7.2 Fallbron (until 1962) 6.3 Blomdalstäkt (1940–1962) Narrow gauge line until 1876 5.3 Snytsbo (until 1962) Godsstråket genom Bergslagen by Avesta Krylbo 4, Snyten Godsstråket genom Bergslagen after Fagersta C Narrow gauge line until 1876 1.4 Engelsbergs bruk (1899–1958) 1.1 Engelsbergs bruk (1940–1962) Stockholm – Västerås – Bergslagens Järnvägar by Fagersta C 0.0 Ängelsberg Stockholm – Västerås – Bergslagens Järnvägar to Ramnäs

The Ängelsberg – Kärrgruvan railway is a single-track railway in the historic Swedish province of Västmanland in today's Västmanland County . It leads from Ängelsberg via Norberg to Kärrgruvan and was built and operated by Norbergs järnvägsaktiebolag .

The route is known as Norbergs järnväg (NJ) or Norbergsbanan in Sweden .

history

Norbergs järnvägsaktiebolag

The concession for the railway line was first awarded to Norbergs järnvägsaktiebolag on December 21, 1850 . The concession described a narrow-gauge railway for Norbergs Gruvbolag with a gauge of 891 mm. Fredrik Sundler was commissioned to build the railway.

The preliminary start of operations took place on December 1, 1853 on the section between Kärrguvan and Trättsbo. The traffic during the construction phase was carried out with the first locomotive built in Sweden , the Förstlingen from Munktells Mekaniska Verkstad in Eskilstuna .

Norbergs Nya Järnvägsaktiebolag

After a bankruptcy related to the incorrectly constructed track construction, a new company, Norbergs Nya Järnvägsaktiebolag, was founded. This took over the concession on June 19, 1855 with the unusual gauge of 1188 mm, which corresponded to four svenska fot ( German  Swedish feet ).

The Kärrgruvan – Trättsbo section was re-gauged and the entire route to Ängelsberg was opened for public transport on June 27, 1856.

Standard gauge

On January 1, 1876, rail operations were stopped to convert the line to standard gauge with 1435 mm. A large part of the route between Engelsbergs bruk and Kärrgruvan was laid on a new, modified subgrade. The reopening takes place on August 30, 1876. In connection with the widening of the track, the Stockholm – Västerås – Bergslagens Järnvägar (SWB) built a connection to Ängelsberg. Before that, the ore was brought from the Norbergsfaltet to Ängelsberg over the lake Åmänningen and further with Pramen over the Strömsholm Canal to Mälaren .

The management of the line was taken over from 1876 on from Stockholm-Västerås-Bergslagens Järnvägar (SWB). The Krylbo – Mjölby railway line built by the Swedish state was connected to Snyten station in 1900.

Sale to SWB

In 1922, SWB took over Norbergs Nya Järnvägsaktiebolag . This ended the history of Norbergs Nya Järnvägsaktiebolag as an independent public limited company.

nationalization

SWB, in turn, was taken over by the state as part of the general nationalization of the railways in 1944. It remained a state company with the same name for another year and was integrated into Statens Järnvägar (SJ) in 1945 .

Cessation of operations

Passenger traffic on the route ended on November 1, 1962. Liquid iron was still transported from 1974 to 1981 between Spännarhyttan and Surahammars bruk.

Freight traffic between Snyten and Kärrgruvan was stopped on April 1, 1990, as the mine and the associated iron industry were shut down.

Operation today

The Snyten – Ängelsberg section is used by Trafikverket for rerouting traffic between Godsstråket genom Bergslagen and Bergslagspendeln (a rail link between Ludvika and Kolbäck via Smedjebacken and Fagersta ) in the event of traffic disruptions or line works. The section from Snyten to Kärrgruvan has not been closed.

After a long period of inactivity on the line, Engelsbergs Norberg Järnvägshistoriska förening (ENJ) began to travel the Ängelsberg – Kärrgruvan route in summer with museum rail buses in August 2003 .

Trafikverket is looking for a new owner. Länsstyrelsen i Västmanlands län appealed against the decision to suspend maintenance work in 2013 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Jonas Wikström: Utredning upprustning av Norbergsbanan. (PDF) Utredning Norbergsbannan. enj.se, June 8, 2014, accessed April 7, 2016 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ Ängelsberg – Snyten – Norberg – Kärrgruvan. Bandel 226. banvakt.se, accessed April 2, 2016 (Swedish).  
3. ↑ Kjell Byström: Driftplatsregister 226 Ängelsberg – Kärrgruvan. In: historiskt.nu. October 26, 2014, accessed April 2, 2016 (Swedish).  
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Svenska Järnvägsföreningen (ed.): Svenska Järnvägsföreningen 1876–1926 . 1926.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Norberg – Kärrgrufvan af Norbergs järnväg . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Mykenai-Norrpada . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 1157 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
6. ^ Första Norbergsbanan .... October 6, 2004, accessed on April 5, 2016 (Swedish). 
7. ↑ Sveriges tåg och järnvägar. Tekniska Museet, accessed April 5, 2016 (Swedish). 
8. ↑ Sveriges första locomotive. In: historiskt.nu. Retrieved April 5, 2016 (Swedish). 
9. ^ Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. Händelser år 1876. In: historiskt.nu. March 31, 1996, accessed April 5, 2016 . 
10. ^ Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. Handel år 1944, Handel år 1945. In: historiskt.nu. March 31, 1996, accessed April 5, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Kjell Aghult: Lite fakta om järntransporter. In: Järnvägshistoriskt Forum. September 1, 2011, accessed April 5, 2016 (Swedish). 
12. ^ Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. Händelser år 1990. In: historiskt.nu. March 31, 1996, accessed April 5, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Översyn av det lågtrafikerade järnvägsnätets framtid. (PDF) trafikverket.se, May 30, 2008, archived from the original on March 7, 2016 ; Retrieved April 5, 2016 (Swedish). 
14. ↑ Upphörande av underhåll på järnvägssträckan Snyten- Kärrgruvan, volume 334 i Norbergs kommun, Västmanland County, dnr TRV 2013/66625. ww.enj.se, November 12, 2013, accessed April 7, 2016 (Swedish). 

literature

• Torsten Olsson, Kjell Aghult, Erik Sundström: Norbergsbanorna: Järnvägar i Norbergs bergslag sedan 1853 . Frank Stenvall, Malmö 1995, ISBN 91-7266-134-8 (Libris 7630221).
• Svenska järnvägsklubben (ed.): Järnvägsdata (=  Svenska järnvägsklubbens script series, 0346-8658; 68 ). 3rd supplemented edition. Stockholm 1999, ISBN 91-85098-85-X (Swedish, Libris 7745538).

Web links

Commons : Engelsbergs-Norbergs Järnväg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jean-Paul Darphin: En inventering i Västmanlands län 1998 ... 1999. (PDF) Norberg banana. Västmanlands läns museum, Länsstyrelsen i Västmanlands län, January 3, 2000, p. 22 , accessed on April 5, 2016 (Swedish). 
• Norbergs järnväg . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Mykenai-Norrpada . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 1159 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
• Torsten Olsson: Maps and history of the Norbergsbana. Retrieved April 13, 2016 (Swedish).